Cooperstown’s Origins Cafe brings diversity to menu, music [Editor’s note: This feature is a part of this week’s “Summer Dreams” — our weekly guide to fun, food, and the arts throughout Otsego County. Find it inside The Freeman’s Journal / Hometown Oneonta every week, all summer long!] It stands to reason that a summer music calendar at Origins Café would be as eclectic, innovative, and fresh as the food on the menu – and that’s exactly what happens this summer…
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Mental health emergency 988 number coming in July By: Bill Hayes LCSW-R (ret.), NAMI Delaware and Otsego [Editor’s note: Bill Hayes submitted this important column with details about the new ‘988’ telephone number for mental health emergencies.] In mid-July, there will be a new option for getting help with urgent mental health situations. While 911 will continue to be the key number to call for medical and crime emergencies, a different number will connect callers to a specialist in mental…
Bassett Healthcare Network marks hospital’s centennial Dr. Mary Imogene Bassett liked to refer to her brand of compassionate care and rural doctoring as reflecting “a more excellent way” and today, the whole of central New York knows the hospital opened and named in her honor 100 years ago this week as Bassett Medical Center. Philanthropist Edward Severin Clark funded construction of the original Bassett Hospital; the Clark family has continued its stalwart support of the institution throughout the 10 decades…
Editorial: With appreciation for ‘a more excellent way’ Perhaps we take it for granted from time to time, that sprawling campus in Cooperstown. Fox Hospital, too, in Oneonta, and all the clinics and centers and caregiver offices filling the map in Otsego County. In a nation whose rural regions are often challenged by a lack of access to quality health care or relegated to satellite status dozens of miles away from even the nearest emergency clinic, we’re fortunate indeed. Fortunate…
Mayor ‘reboots’ Oneonta’s Housing Commission for more community, expert collaboration Change doesn’t fall into place without a catalyst, and for Oneonta Mayor Mark Drnek’s vision to bring 1,000 new residents to the city during his first term to work, he says he knows he needs to work with the community’s experts to solve the problem of where all those incoming residents will live. At the June 6 meeting of the Oneonta City Council, Mayor Drnek answered questions about his plan…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, JUNE 9 Conservation Workshop with Cornell Cooperative Extension INVASIVE SPECIES – 6 p.m. Join the Cornell Cooperative Extension for an evening learning about local invasive species. Will include a presentation and discussion with Agriculture and Horticulture Educator, Jessica Holmes and CCE Intern, Becca Leone. Registration required. Held at Oneonta Town Hall, 3966 St. Hwy. 23, Oneonta. 518-234-4303 ext. 119 or visit cceschoharie-otsego.org/events/2020/06/06/invasive-species-awareness-week-workshops BLOOD DRIVE – 1 – 5 p.m. Otsego County Office of Emergency Services, 140 Co.…
In Memoriam Jeffrey W. Chamberlain, 59 December 1, 1962 – May 27, 2022 ONEONTA – Jeffrey W. “Jeff” Chamberlain passed away May 27, 2022 in Utica, NY, at the age of 59. Jeff was born in Johnson City, NY, to parents Gary and Barbara Chamberlain and attended Oneonta High School and graduated from South Jefferson High School in Adams, NY. He also attended Jefferson Community College in Watertown, NY. Jeff was a mason for Casler Masonry, Inc., and he was…
We saw him standing there Commentary: Ted Potrikus Fair warning: I’m about to go large on the name-dropping thing. My wife, Angie, and I drove to Syracuse last weekend to see Paul McCartney in concert. We’re big Paul fans – our first date, in fact, in London, England, in November 1984 — was to see his not-great movie “Give My Regards To Broad Street” not long after its premier. The guy turns 80 years old in two weeks. Eight-zero. If…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8 Discuss ‘Carmen’ Opera with Glimmerglass Festival Music Director TALKING OPERA – 7 p.m. Get behind the scenes insights on the productions of the Glimmerglass Festival in person or through video. This week learn about ‘Carmen’ with Maestro Joseph Colaneri who is directing. Held at The First Baptist Church, 21 Elm St., Cooperstown. Visit glimmerglass.org/events/2022-tenor-overboard/ BLOOD DRIVE – 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. A.O. Fox Memorial Hospital, Levine Center, 1 Norton Ave., Oneonta. 1-800-733-2767 or visit…
In Memoriam Barbara Joan Cohn Peet, 79 January 12, 1943 – May 27, 2022 ONEONTA – Barbara Joan Cohn Peet passed away peacefully from Parkinson’s disease on May 27, 2022 in Punta Gorda, FL. She was born January 12, 1943, in Schenevus, NY, the daughter of Alva and Freda (Watson) Cohn. She grew up in Schenevus where she attended and graduated from Andrew S. Draper Central School. When Barbara was married to Richard Peet, they lived in Oneonta, NY, before moving to Florida. They loved Zephyrhills where she lived for 25…
